Are you ready to rise to the challenge of climate change with the team that will deliver? Form Energy is a U.S. technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing pioneering energy storage technologies to enable the electric grid to run on 100% renewable energy, every day of the year.
Supported by leading investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ArcelorMittal, TPG Rise, MIT’s The Engine, and others, we share a common belief that low-cost, multi-day energy storage is the key to enable tomorrow’s zero carbon electric grid. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, we are deeply motivated and inspired to create a better world. We need talented, hardworking individuals who share our goal of tackling the challenge of climate change. Do you want to work with us today to build a better tomorrow?
Role Description
We’re looking for a Battery Management System (BMS) Control Systems Co-Op as part of our Modeling & Controls team. In this role, you will help to develop dynamical battery models and algorithms for the operation of our iron air stationary energy storage product. Our data processing pipelines will involve Python and our modeling and simulation stack is centered around MATLAB/Simulink. You will be part of a highly collaborative and cross functional team, and have the opportunity to grow your technical and communication skills while helping tackle climate change.
What You’ll Do:
- Support battery cell model development, identification, and validation
- Perform exploratory data analysis on battery test data to extract key modeling insights
- Support state-of-charge, state-of-health estimation algorithm development
- Opportunities to present results to a broad technical audience
- Collaborate with Performance & Integration team and Systems team to accomplish cross-functional goals
What You’ll Bring:
- Pursuing a graduate-level degree in engineering or a related quantitative field
- Experience in BMS development or battery modeling, including designing of experiments for battery testing and modeling
- Experience with model-based control development and data analysis in Python and MATLAB/Simulink
- Experience developing equivalent circuit and electrochemical battery models
- Familiarity with dynamical systems and control theory (model-based design, observability, persistent excitation) as they pertain to battery modeling
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
The salary range for this role is $30/hour - $46/hour. The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
Besides joining a community of people working to make the world better, Form Energy commits to you equitable compensation, stock options, and offers a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need to thrive.
We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance for full time employees. A full listing of our benefits is available on our
careers page.
At Form Energy, we are working toward a 100% renewable energy future for everyone in the world. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products. Form Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
